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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Regular Modern
爫
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Pictograph of two hands pulling a rope.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hjwon | ɢʷa[n] | there, then, thereupon |
說文解字
《說文》：“爰，引也。从，从于。籀文以為車轅字。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)